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I've been trying to understand more the history of the Russian Empire's involvement in the Napoleonic wars, but so far many of the articles are lacking even a simple explanation as to why the Russian Empire joined the Second Coalition (but not the First). I've been able to gather some assumptive positions based on Catherine's motivation, but this article is odd in that it has a background for the motivations of the various belligerents, but then all of a sudden Russia has an Army in Switzerland and Northern Italy, but with no explanations of the lead up to deploying this force, or why it did. I understand the general concept of ancien regimes being worried over the new French Republic, but then why did Russia only join the Second Coalition and not the First if it was so worried about its monarchy? Why deploy to Italy? I can't find any article explaining the Russian position in the Napoleonic wars, while other countries have very obvious ones that are explicitly laid out. Nothing-Significant-to-Report ( talk) 18:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Was 8 years old at the time of the Battle of Hohenlinden. Are you sure there wasn't more than one? Slac speak up! 12:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
No, the Archduke Johann of Austria of Hohenlinden was 18 years old at the time. He was the figurehead commander of the Habsburg army which fought at Hohenlinden. It was not uncommon for a Habsburg to be given the titular command whereas the chief of staff would then be the practical leader of the army. -- fdewaele, 9 February 2008, 14:08.
By definition, the USA cannot be included in the War of the Second Coalition because they were not members of the alliance. The Quasi-War was an undeclared naval conflict which has no relation to this conflict beyond the fact that it involved one of the participants. This just seems like a fairly arbitrary attempt to shoehorn in a reference to the USA in a war that really doesn't concern it in any way. 94.175.80.212 ( talk) 11:54, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
In the section of "War of the First Coalition" the article says that National Convention declared war on Austria in April. However it wasn't until September that Convention was created. So, I think we should just write "Revolutionary France declared war on Austria" -- Tokoko ( talk) 07:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
French Revolutionary Wars has been nominated by WP:TAFI. All contributions improving this article welcome! Cheers, walk victor falk talk 04:09, 19 May 2014 (UTC)]]
It clearly says in the article Napoleonic Wars, 'The Second Coalition was formed in 1798 by Austria, Great Britain, the Kingdom of Naples, the Ottoman Empire, the Papal States, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and other states.' elmasmelih 21:01, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
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I've been trying to understand more the history of the Russian Empire's involvement in the Napoleonic wars, but so far many of the articles are lacking even a simple explanation as to why the Russian Empire joined the Second Coalition (but not the First). I've been able to gather some assumptive positions based on Catherine's motivation, but this article is odd in that it has a background for the motivations of the various belligerents, but then all of a sudden Russia has an Army in Switzerland and Northern Italy, but with no explanations of the lead up to deploying this force, or why it did. I understand the general concept of ancien regimes being worried over the new French Republic, but then why did Russia only join the Second Coalition and not the First if it was so worried about its monarchy? Why deploy to Italy? I can't find any article explaining the Russian position in the Napoleonic wars, while other countries have very obvious ones that are explicitly laid out. Nothing-Significant-to-Report ( talk) 18:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Was 8 years old at the time of the Battle of Hohenlinden. Are you sure there wasn't more than one? Slac speak up! 12:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
No, the Archduke Johann of Austria of Hohenlinden was 18 years old at the time. He was the figurehead commander of the Habsburg army which fought at Hohenlinden. It was not uncommon for a Habsburg to be given the titular command whereas the chief of staff would then be the practical leader of the army. -- fdewaele, 9 February 2008, 14:08.
By definition, the USA cannot be included in the War of the Second Coalition because they were not members of the alliance. The Quasi-War was an undeclared naval conflict which has no relation to this conflict beyond the fact that it involved one of the participants. This just seems like a fairly arbitrary attempt to shoehorn in a reference to the USA in a war that really doesn't concern it in any way. 94.175.80.212 ( talk) 11:54, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
In the section of "War of the First Coalition" the article says that National Convention declared war on Austria in April. However it wasn't until September that Convention was created. So, I think we should just write "Revolutionary France declared war on Austria" -- Tokoko ( talk) 07:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
French Revolutionary Wars has been nominated by WP:TAFI. All contributions improving this article welcome! Cheers, walk victor falk talk 04:09, 19 May 2014 (UTC)]]
It clearly says in the article Napoleonic Wars, 'The Second Coalition was formed in 1798 by Austria, Great Britain, the Kingdom of Naples, the Ottoman Empire, the Papal States, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and other states.' elmasmelih 21:01, 30 August 2014 (UTC)